On Saturday, Sept. 18th, first responders walked in honor of the nearly 3,000 Americans and fellow first responders who lost their lives on 9/11. "We are walking 2.87 miles. That's the distance Steven Siller ran to the towers. We are using his example of sacrifice," Sean Yates, a Senior Fire Fighter with Rhems Volunteer Fire, explained. More.
Honoring first responders who never looked back on 9/11
On 9/11, Chinatown residents watched the towers fall. Some are still recovering.
On Sept. 11, 2001, May Chen stood outside Confucius Plaza, a 44-story residential tower located on the outskirts of Chinatown. It was primary day, an important day for Chen, whose husband was running for New York City Council. The streets were buzzing with voters heading to the polls and workers en route to their offices. More.
Surviving 9/11 was ‘just the first piece of the journey’
Trapped in the wreckage of the World Trade Center, Will Jimeno lived through the unthinkable. Twenty years later, he’s still living with it. Injuries that fateful day ended his police career. More.
Health Effects of 9/11 Still Plague Responders and Survivors
John Feal, now 54 years old, was a supervisor at a demolition company when terrorists hijacked two planes that brought down the World Trade Center buildings—and two others that crashed into the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pa., respectively—20 years ago. More.
Health Effects of 9/11 Still Plague Responders and Survivors
John Feal, now 54 years old, was a supervisor at a demolition company when terrorists hijacked two planes that brought down the World Trade Center buildings—and two others that crashed into the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pa., respectively—20 years ago. More.
9/11 survivors from Chicago who were in World Trade Center, Pentagon say 'never forget' daily life
Three Chicago area fathers all survived the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. They gave a harrowing account of what they went through, and how terrorism changed their lives forever. Time sits still in memories, even from miles away, leaving behind a vivid trail of sounds, smells and emotions. More.
I’m Alive Today Because of This Man”: One 9/11 Responder’s Blistering Fight
Lou Alvarez was dying, quickly. He’d been a buff NYPD bomb squad detective; now he was a 110-pound bag of bones, the victim of colorectal cancer. Really, though, Alvarez was the victim of the three months he’d spent searching Ground Zero for casualties of the World Trade Center terrorist attack. More.
9/11 First Responders Face A High Cancer Risk But Are Also More Likely To Survive
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Elizabeth Cascio, an emergency medical technician with the New York City Fire Department, was in Queens directing a first responder training program, when the team got a call to mobilize to the World Trade Center. More.